Art Lofts I project, viewed from Lot 6
Councilman Cory Storch, the governing body's liaison to the Planning Board, said in an update Monday the board is seeing "a lot of development action in Plainfield."
He mentioned the Landmark Developers project on East Second Street and Gavett Place, the new Dunkin Donuts on West Front Street and Clinton Avenue, the expansion of Union County College on Roosevelt Avenue and the townhouse development that will replace Elmwood Gardens.
Facade cleaning at the former Mirons warehouse
Landmark is also rehabilitating a building east of the Arts Loft I site.
"We've been talking about this for a long time," Storch said. "It's very exciting for Plainfield."
In addition, the Capital Improvement Plan includes $2 million for road paving, he said. The board voted to introduce the 2015-2020 CIP on Oct. 2 and it will later come to the council for approval.
--Bernice
Bernice it is very one sided how you and Mr Storch are about on the current development going on in the city it's not like it has just stated these projects started years ago before the new administration came into office they have started nothing new.
ReplyDeleteI have written about development in Plainfield Plaintalker from 2005 to 2010 and in Plaintalker II from 2010 to present. Mr. Storch was commenting Monday as liaison to the Planning Board, where he has seen development applications brought forward over many years. I believe he was noting that some are now moving forward. The reason may be changing market conditions or any number of things. Neither he nor I characterized the change.
DeleteAnonymous 9:09 - no doubt there are some developments starting that were in the works during the prior administration but there is no arguing with the fact that the current administration has put more emphasis on this important aspect of the cities future and the result is a dramatic increase in development proposals this year. Your comment serves a purpose, which is to show that your score keeping is intentionally one sided and you dislike it when math is accurate.
DeleteYes they did start in the former admin., however the climate in the new admin is more favorable and responsive.
DeleteI think the were just looking for some crumb of credit for the previous administration. Projects may have started but Plainfield had a horrible reputation for being difficult to move projects forward because of the ridiculous red tape. So now this administration with the new economic director have pledged to make Plainfield more busy friendly. Glad to see the progress. Let us all be glad for it.
ReplyDeleteSharon did not care about moving Plainfield forward or she would not have been such a sloppy mayor. Notice, she is not attending City Council meetings now that her dirt is coming to light. Look at LIberty Village. She could prevented the mess that had to be cleaned up if she had done something and not let it sit on her desk for years. Good riddance to bad politicians.
ReplyDeleteShe's not showing up because Jerry got her a job. Only thing he has done that I mildly approve of - at least she is out of our hair at the council meetings.
DeleteSharon may be out of our hair, but who's paying the bill? The taxpayers. Maybe Jerry got her the job just to shut her up and keep her from embarrassing him more.
DeleteI heard the job Jerry Green got her was at Union County College--maybe she's a cafeteria lady serving food to the students? That's what she's best suited for, I guess--she had a lot of experience when she was mayor.
DeleteLandmark Redevelopment came to Plainfield under Al McWilliams administration - during the last year he was in office. I am impressed that Frank Cretella has stayed and invested during these years. He has an excellent redevelopment track record. Actually he did things the right way for Plainfield's governing sham. He proceeded with individual building rehabs through board approvals where necessary vs trying the full redeveloper agreement route. In the latter case he would have been halted in his tracks by nasty politics and probably have left the city for easier environments -- disgusted as he exited.
ReplyDeleteActually 10/10 @ 10:57 is incomplete. Landmark did come to Plainfield but then left. It was Her Highness (HH) who brought him back and got all these projects on track. Storch only rubber stamped everything. There is no credit due to HIS Highness (HH) on this.
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